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Backfire At The Disco / Little Miss Pipedream
KIDS
Along with Good Shoes and The Motorettes, Liverpool three piece The Wombats seem hellbent on bring back a little fun and energy to the indie rock scene. Following their impressive former singles LOST IN THE POST and MOVING TO NEW YORK, BACKFIRE AT THE DISCO is the bands latest assault on the senses.
Wallowing in ragged guitar chords, scattershot drum beats and Matthew Murphy's joyful melodies, The Wombats make a glorious indie rock racket here; the kind of brilliant pop song that imagines Supergrass partying it up with the Arctic Monkeys. With sunshine drenched melodicism and infectious energy, BACKFIRE AT THE DISCO is perhaps The Wombats most essential moment to date, a bona fide indie pop classic in the waiting, one listen and you'll be hooked.
Unashamedly catchy indie rock sounds that superglue themselves to your brain and refuse to come unstuck, The Wombats continue to bring a little sunshine into your lives with BACKFIRE AT THE DISCO, another fantastic sounding reason to worship at their feet.
BIOGRAPHY
Based in Liverpool, The Wombats are native Scousers Matthew Murphy (vocals, guitar, keyboard) and Dan Haggis (drums), along with assimilated Viking Tord Overland-Knudsen (bass, vocals).
Since coalescing out of the city's vibrant music scene two years ago, the band has already gained substantial support from Radio 1 with several self-released EPs and will release their first full single LOST IN THE POST through Kids on 10th July 2006. The single will be limited to 500 vinyls, with the first 100 coming in lavish, handmade packaging. Kids, who have released sell-out singles by iLIKETRAiNS and The Whip, will again offer free MP3s of the tracks to anyone who buys the release on vinyl - a move applauded by The Times and the Evening Standard amongst others.
LOST IN THE POST may be the most infectious indie-pop single you'll hear all year. Recalling early Supergrass and Blur at their most exuberant and carefree, the bouncing bassline and three-way harmonies conceal doleful, self-deprecating lyrics, as Murphy blames himself for the state of a deteriorating relationship. Meanwhile b-side PATRICIA THE STRIPPER gives a nod to fellow Liverpudlians The La's and The Zutons in a hi-octane pop romp chronicling a doomed love affair with a pole dancer.
As quintessentially English as a band with songs about caravans in Wales and lusting after Sky TV may seem, The Wombats have clearly struck an international nerve. A tour of Canada was followed in May by a performance to a rapturous crowd of more than 10,000 in Bejing; the Guardian described the band as "for one glorious half-hour set at least, bigger than the Rolling Stones".
LINE UP
Matthew Murphy>vocals/guitar/keyboard
Tord Overland-Knudsen>bass/vocals
Dan Haggis>drums
DISCOGRAPHY
LOST IN THE POST (Kids>2006)
Lost In The Post
Patricia The Stripper
MOVING TO NEW YORK (Kids>2006)
Moving To New York
Party In A Forest (Where's Laura?)
BACKFIRE AT THE DISCO (Kids>2007)
Backfire At The Disco
Little Miss Pipedream
LINKS
The Wombats>www.thewombats.co.uk
FURTHER LISTENING
The Motorettes
Supergrass
Bloc Party
Review date: February 2007 |
